To mark 25 years of Vladimir Putin's leadership of Russia, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Russia expert Keir Giles of Chatham House about three key moments in which Putin has exerted power.

The Russian president hobnobbed with world leaders and received a plethora of gifts, including a pair of hunting dogs.

It was ordered to decorate Moscow’s main streets and the homes of the nobility with conifer trees and branches. The New Year festivities lasted for seven days, topping the holiday off with a bonfire ...

The year 2024 saw President Vladimir Putin further cement his power as he sought to counter Russia's isolation over the war ...

Tokyo has captured the imagination of countless creatives throughout history, from Anthony Bourdain (who said if he had to ...

It houses the largest collection of European art in Moscow, and it was named in honor of one of Russia's premier poets, Alexander Pushkin. You don't go here to read sonnets, though. Instead ...

Flowers are attached to the facade of an apartment block in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, where a bomb killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia's Radiation, Biological ...

Keith Kellogg, Donald Trump’s appointed special representative for Ukraine and Russia, has criticised the assassination of Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov in Moscow. Source ... t think that’s ...

Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes serious crimes, said in a statement the unnamed suspect had said he had come to Moscow to carry ... forbids us to do so. [But] we do not have ...

Some things to know ... in southeastern Moscow as he left for his office. Kirillov’s assistant also died in the attack. The bomb was triggered remotely, according to Russia’s Federal Security ...

Some things to know ... in southeastern Moscow as he left for his office. Kirillov’s assistant also died in the attack. The bomb was triggered remotely, according to Russia’s Federal Security ...

Trump's transition team has been working on a plan to bring Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table and the president-elect hinted that both Kyiv and Moscow ... not to rush things at the ...